BCS Boys create sea-diving history

Pranav Sardana, 10 and his brother Ayush, 8, both students of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, [their mother is a Sky Diver and jumped for BCS for the 150th] have created history by qualifying for the junior open water diver course and bubblemaker course respectively. Pranav is the youngest boy from Himachal to obtain the license […]

Love From The Sidelines – Mayank Anand

Mayank Anand [BCS Lefroy 1985-97] Actor ~ Writer ~ Artist was born in Kaputhala Punjab and spent his early years in Shimla,  he studied at Bishop Cotton School and then went on to Mumbai to attend St. Xavier’s and then to Knox College in Illinois USA. Here are a few links to Maynak’s book, Love […]

What a line! Lalit Modi to Preity Zinta

IPL’s chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi [an OC!] talking with Himachali bollywood actress Preity Zinta at the cricket match held at Dharamsala on the 18th April 10. Get the IPLT20 Live Score, IPL T20 Live, IPL Results, IPL widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info)

Charanjit Matharu – BCS teacher

Many OCs will remember Mr. Matharu who taught craft and clay modelling at BCS. There is an article by Reetica M Singh published on April 17th 2010 titled “Born to Succeed” A small quote from the article: When asked about his life in general, Matharu says he has lived and enjoyed every bit of his […]

Roshan Lal Vashisht – April 2010

The Hindi daily Dainik Jagrancarried an article on Mr. Roshan Lal Vashisht – a cutting of which was sent in by Karan Sarin. We hope tohave an english translation of the article posted here soon [Editor: See below for the translation]. Dear Brother Cottonians, For all those who missed the article, please find attached herewith […]

BCS Sesquicentennial – Collection of press-cuttings

BCS Sesquicentennial 2009. Mrs. Dorothy Chahal and Mrs. Napinder Chahal collected as many press-cuttings as they could find in various papers and sent a bunch of these for all OCs to enjoy, especially for those who could not attend. Thank you! The collection is available in a PDF file to download [6.5mb in size, so […]

Bishop Cotton School – Sesquicentennial – Commemorative stamp

BCS Commemorative postage stamp issued by the Department of Posts India on 6th October 2009. Technical data: Number of stamps issued: 400,000 in a denomination of Indian Rupees 5.00 The First Day issue cover pack has a beautiful painting of the BCS building on the cover.

Of Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Bishop Cotton School, Indian Railways, Game Reserves……

An interesting article on the internet. The Price family section contains personal accounts of different aspects of life of the British in India from the early 1920’s to partition in 1947 during the British Raj. It includes memories of Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Bishop Cotton School, Indian Railways, Game Reserves, Wartime experiences in Borneo, Labuan and Rangoon. […]